Shirt



Mg. 21,1923. A l .A465625 G. P. CRAGIN SHIRT Filed Oct. l, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet l /7 Z6 W//VESSTES, INVENTOR A TTURNEYS Aug. 21,1923, 1,465,625

G. P. cRAGlN SHIRT Filed Oct. l, 19.19 i 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 W//VESSES IN VEN TOI? TTURNEYS vics Patented Aug. 21, 19213.

y'rse g GEORGE I ARKER CBAGIN, or sroiieivnicwasmiveroiv.

rer oFrieeQ Application Yfiled amber 1,'{1-919. seriai'no. 327,685 l To all whomiz't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PARKER CRAGIN, a citizen of the United States, Vresiding at Spokane,in the county of Spokane and State 'ci Nashingtom'have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification. w

the sleeve and cui" constructions thereof.'

An important object 'of 'the invention is toprovide means wherebv the shirt may be equipped with a detachable sottffolded cuff, which may bereversed when desired.

' A further objectv of the linvention is -to provide means for securing the sott folded lcuii" to the sleeve of the shirt, in a manner for producing the forward straight edge A further object ot the inventionvis "to,

provide reinforcingmeans which'is adapted for insertion within the folds of thefcufli'.y

Vand attractive appearance.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will beapparent during the course of the following description. l' f" to stiiien the same and impart. thereto a neat In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich `like numerals are emploved Yto designate 'likel parts throughout'the same, y

'Figure 1 is a' perspective viewlot'V a culi"V and sleeve embodying .my invention, showing the same in the yassembled position,

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe saine, showing the front straight edge e'iiiect,Y`

sleeve, lwith the cuff removed, and 'parts disconnected, j v y Figure L is a perspective view ofthe cuit',

the same' being opened orunfolded'toshowl the several biittonholes,' Y

My invention relates to improvements in soft shirts, and has particular reference to4 forcing-means, g' Y Figure 6 is a vdetail section taken through vthe end of the cuff, at the connecting tab,

F igure'7 is a similar vie'w, showinga slightly modified form of connecting tab,

i ofthe cuff, unfolded, to illustrate the rein-' c VFigure 8 is an enlarged detailfsection ltaken on line 8+8 of Figure 2,

Figure 9 is an enlarged longitudinal lsec- Figure 10 is a perspective viewof one ofY tion taken on line 9-'9 'of Figure 5,

the reinforcing elements. Y

. In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of myinventiomthe numeral 15 designates the sleeve of a sott shirt, having the usual longitudinal opening 16 at the front ledge` thereof. Y This sleeve15 which is ilon theleft. side of' the lustrated` is shirt, vand the tly at the opening 16 embodies'sides 17 and 18, as'shown; The numeral l19 designates a-wristband, which is stitched to the sleeve 15 at 20, the sleeve 15 projecting into the rear end of the wrist band, thev wrist-band beingas usual made of' twoor more plies of fabric. vThe outer .sidel '17 of the vily projectsl forwardly beyond the sleevel and enters the rear end of the wrist-band 19, fora substantial distance, as shown at* 21,* while "the inner side ,18 4is shortened and terminates atthe inner edge of the Wristband-19. affording `a slit 2% and forming a'ii'oldab'le extension 23uponYV one i end of the/wrist-band. This extension is adaptedto be `folded transversely upon aV line' 24 and is provided with a button-hole 25,'as shown,` The o'ppositeend YotV the wrist-band is providedwith a button-hole V26. 4The inneredge ot'k the wrist-band'19 is preferably straight` while its, outer edge is 'inclined fromV a point equidistantly spaced from the ends'thereof toward' such ends, whereby the sides of' the wrist-band taper toward'theirfre'e ends. asjclearly indicated n `Figiire 2. lThe Ywrist-band is wider at Tits center Vthan vat its lends in order that it may bewide enough'at thefcenterto sup'- ply enough surface torl the cuil" to rest upon. Figure 3 is a perspective' view 'ofthe.

so that vthe cuff `will not have `aftenilen'cy to Figure V5 is 'an velevation of Vthe inner side u'asto interfere with'the cui-linlg" illustrated (like m in FigureQ. The side 18 of the fly may be equipped Withl a button-hole 275 to receive a button` 28 arrangedupon the inner surface Y of the side 17, and secured thereto.'

My cuff is designated as a Whole'by nu- Aieral 29. f It Vcomprises (preferably) tivo plies 30 of fabric as shown in Fig. 6 but if desired may comprise more than two p'lie's"A By reference to Fig.A 4 it will be seen that the plies are stitched to each other as indicated by 31k The cuit is toldable upon longitudinal line 32,Y providing inner and outer portions or folds 33 and 4.y `These portions or folds are provided ait their ends with button-holes 35 and 3G,- to receive cuti'I buttons 4S7 which may be of the link type, it' desired.' A

The innerrfold of the cuit is provided inwardly of and near the button-hole 35 with an extra; length transverse button-hole Y 37, the outer wall- ,38 of which butto-whole is Worked in the regular manner, When the out? is made, While the inner wall 39 of said button-hole' is split and the? separate plies Worked separately7l also at the time' that the cuff is made. rlhisfsplit side is provided for the insertion of a connecting tab" 40fbetvveen the plieso'f the cuff',.-suclfi' tab being secured in place by transt'rerse and longitudinal. stitches 42 and 421;y The iree end ot theta-b has a longitudinal button-hole 43, and-this .free end- Ina be easil Y oa'ssed throu-'Ih Vthe eXtra long transverse button-hole 3'? to be arranged upon Vcit-lier side of the inner por tion 33 ot the cuff. rEhis con-stru'etionhas the advantages of concealing, the attached end o'f the tab.- n order to more fully bring -out the arrangement above described' i-t is Well tobear in in-ind that generally allen-tls areiinafd'e up of no 'less than three plies or thicknesses oit material andthe cuff .may be made; of fou-r 0r more of such thicknesses.

rEhe button-hole in which' the tab 40is se-V cured, is a transverse button-hole and runs cross-Wise ot the culi1 and in aA direction opposite from the .regular link-receiving butk ton-hole or in other Words the portion nearestthe end ,of thegcui is Workedinthe ordinary manner. However., the upper halt' of this transverse "mitten-hole'isy divided, i.- e.7

Ventrance to the inside'o the cuff through this upper portion Voit the button-hole gainechand vit is through hispentrance that Y l insertitheftab 4() and stitch it inpla'ceas designated by 42hof=h`igure .The tab'lis thus suspended in the upper half of one v-v3ection andfby drawing the tab through the 'button-hole, eithervr side of the culi may beV exposedv 'for Wear and the talil vWillaltvays he arranged on-tthe insidejo'f thecufl" Where it may be readily secured to the button on the Wrist-bandi Y e In Figure 7, I have shown a Vcminecting tab 44, which is identical with the Vtab 407V rllhe button-hole 47 of material 33 of f Fig. 7 is rsimilar to button-hole 3T of 4 and-'for the' sanne1mi-posey rIfhe' tab 44 is also' provi-ded With-Va. button-hole (not shown Fig.

47) similar tobutton-hole 43 of tab 40. When i a cuff provided With tab 4'4 is employed the button-hole (not shown) acts the saineV as button-hole 43 when a, culi having ak tab 40 i's employed.- Y

As more clearly shown in Figures 5 andi 9, the inner fold 83- is provided-near its outer edge' with longitudinal pockets 5O4 formed b lonOf-itudinalx stitches 5LV the outer end of Y e Y i i these pockets being closed and access being had to' the inner ends of these pocketsthrougha transverse inner button-hole 52. This butten-hole 59, lras a; wide openv mouth andis formed through theKii-iner ply only of the fold These pockets are adaptedtoruthe insertion of stitfeningpor reinforcing strips 'n Whichare preferably formed 'ot cellu-v loid, see Figure LO, and which may be re moved when it is1desired to launder the' cuffs These stiften-ing stripsare positioned at the forward edge of the cuit, and' impart to the saniea neat appearance, ais if it were laundered. Before the 'cui-i" is reversed,- the trainsverse button-hole 52 occursr, at the tran-sverse tol-def the cuf upon the inner side j'of the inner portion of the cuff-. and this ar rangement preventsl thfezreinfllorcrn strips from 'being accidently displaced liront 'within the poclre t. IWhen vthe culi?4 is reversed; by 'folding the p'oif'tio-ns vthereoiciupon theA longitudinal fold so that the inner portion, be

comes the outer porti-on, the transverse button-hole is stillAa-t'the transverse told and i arranged next te the Wrist-band and this ar- Y rangement Will prevent the acc'ifdental displacement of the" reinorcingst-rips.

In the use of the cuffs,andA sleeve, thejeX- tension 230i? the Wristband 19 is first folded inwardly upon the line 247 withv a-studor colla-rsbuttonr24 therein, theheadyoi"this stud projecting outwardly, as shownl in Figure 1. The studisthen' passed-throughthc button-hole 26v and the Wrist-band is tl'ifereby connected at .its ends. The cui? 29,-ha1yingrTY the cull'lv butt-ons or links'v 48" passed tln'ou-ghv the button-,holes Brand 36, isthen brought'to a position to receive the Wrist bandilethe cuff battons-48 beingarrangged outwardly' of the .tapered endof the Wristn band, as clearly shown inY Figure- 2. The

connectingv-tah40 is extended through the will be seen that they wristfband comprisesA an added portion 23. vThis portion may be' termed nothing more than the wrist-band of the ordinary construction. However, the band is not-stitched Vcompletely to its end with respect to the sleeve portion, and thus it is manifest that when the wrist-band is buttoned the portion 23,01" the band that is not secured to the sleeve-portion is really a free end, and therefore can be bent under the upper portion of the band to produce an encircling member or band for the wrist. It should be remembered that thel flaps 17 and 18 are buttoned so as to lay flat against.4

each other, whereas the portion 23 of the band is turned back on the line 24. so as tor rest under the portion in which the'buttonhole 26 is worked in the band 19. This arrangement lforms an encircling band somewhat after the manner of the neck-handofa shirt.

When it is desired to reverse the cuff, such as the left cuff, the same is disconnected from the sleeve and the inner fold 33 turned upon the longitudinal line so that it becomes the' outer fold. .The tab is drawn through the' button-hole 37 to assume a position upon.

the opposite side of the portion of the Vculi' carrying it. The reverse cuil' willnow be adapted to be applied to the right sleeve of the shirt. In a similar manner the right cuffmay be removed a-nd reversed and applied to the left sleeve. y Y

It is to be understood that theI forms of my invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, andthat various changes in the shape,

size and arrangement may be resorted toY without departing from the spirit of my inv-ention`r or the scope ofthe subjo'ined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l. As an article of apparel, the combina,-

tion of a shirt sleeve having a longitudinal ily therein abutting sides formed by the ily, one of said sides being slightly increased in length with respect to its opposing side, a wrist band increased 1n width remote from its free ends; saidband being secured to the lower end of the sleeve and constructed and arranged to terminate at a point in rear of one side yof the sleeve and further being' separated from the other side of the sleeve to permit folding of the increased portion ofthe band on a transverse line, and ade-y `Vpassed* through the button tachable and double reversible yfold* soft cuif having a tab secured thereto for -connection of said cuif with respect to the band.

2. kAn article of apparel, comprising a sleeve portion, a longitudinal opening Vformed in the sleeve, abutting sides formedA by the opening, a wrist-band secured onthe end of the sleeve and having one of its ends terminating at a point slightly inrear of one abutting` side of the sleeve and the opposite end of the band having a slight portion vcuil'y having link receiving button-holes in vseparated from the other abutting side of.l A' the sleeve; said last named portion being the endsl thereof, a transversely arranged Y button hole formedY at one'end of inner fold of thereversible culi', a tab secured adjacent the transversely arranged button hole and adapted to be drawn through the said button hole. a button hole arranged .in the'talo, a longitudinal button hole, arranged in an inner fold of the cuff atpthe end remote from. the tab.

3. As a new article of appareil, a sleeve having a longitudinal opening formed inv its lower end, a wrist band tapered towards its en ds and' secured to the sleeve; said sleeve having one of the sides that is formed bythe 'opening extending slightly beyond one end of the wrist band. and the other side of the opening separated to a slight degree from the opposite vend of the wrist band'to enable the said end to be turned backwardly upon itself and button holes formed in each end of the wrist bandwhereby a stud may be holes of the ends to form a wrist encircling band with the sides ofthe opening of the sleeve resting against each other.v Y

4:.VAs an article of apparel.y a detachable foldable'softcuif provided near one end of the inner fold with a transverse'button-hole.

a tab suspended therein and secured thereto,

Vadapted to be drawnthrongh said buttonhole to assume ypositions unon opposite'sides loo soft cuff provided near one end of the inner f'fold with a transverse button hole, a tab arranged within said button hole `and having oneend thereof extending between the plies Vof the cufl" and attached thereto. said tab having a button hole'formed in its free end. 6. As an.,Y article of apparel, 21T/detachable double'reversible .fold soft cuff embodying inner and outer folds. the inner fold having .125

longitudinal pockets provided with openings at approximately the middle of the length of the fold. and reinforcing strips adapted for insertion within the longitudinal pockets. VGEORGE PARKER 'sonnent 

